RBI/2023-24/110 DOR.AML.REC.68/14.06.001/2023-24 January 06, 2024 The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities Madam / Dear Sir, Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA, 1967 Updates to UNSC’s 1267 / 1989 ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List Amendments in 07 Entries Please refer to Section 51 of ourMaster Direction on Know Your Customer dated February 25, 2016as amended on January 04, 2024 (MD on KYC), in terms of which “Regulated Entities (RE...

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RBI/2023-24/109 DOR.AML.REC.67/14.06.001/2023-24 January 06, 2024 The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities Madam/Dear Sir, Implementation of Section 12A of the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005: Designated List (Amendments) Please refer to Section 52 of ourMaster Direction on Know Your Customer dated February 25, 2016as amended on January 04, 2024 (MD on KYC), in terms of which, inter alia &ldqu...

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RBI/2023-24/108 A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 13 January 5, 2024 Authorised Persons Madam / Sir, Risk Management and Inter-Bank Dealings – Hedging of foreign exchange risk Please refer to paragraph 1 of theStatement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies, issued as a part of theBi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2023-24 dated December 08, 2023on review of the regulatory framework for hedging of foreign exchange risks. Attention of Authorised Persons is invited to ...

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RBI/2023-24/107 DOR.AML.REC.66/14.01.001/2023-24 January 04, 2024 The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities Dear Sir/Madam, Amendment to the Master Direction (MD) on KYC Please refer to theMaster Direction (MD) on KYC dated February 25, 2016, as amended from time to time, in terms of which Regulated Entities (REs) have to undertake Customer Due Diligence (CDD), as per the process laid out therein, for their customers. 2. In the extant Direction, the definition of Po...

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RBI/FMRD/2023-24/109 FMRD.DIRD.09/14.02.001/2023-24 January 03, 2024 To All Eligible Market Participants Madam/Sir Master Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Paper and Non-Convertible Debentures of original or initial maturity upto one year) Directions, 2024 Please refer to paragraph 6 of theStatement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies, announced as a part of thesecond Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2019-20 dated June 06, 2019regarding Comprehen...

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RBI/2023-24/106 DOR.AML.REC.65/14.06.001/2023-24 January 02, 2024 The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities Madam/Dear Sir, Designation of 2 individuals as ‘Terrorists’ under Section 35 (1) (a) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967 and their listing in the Schedule IV of the Act- Reg. In terms of Section 51 read with Section 53A of ourMaster Direction on Know Your Customer dated February 25, 2016as amended on October 17, 2023, &ld...

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RBI/2023-24/104 DoR.SPE.REC.63/13.03.00/2023-2024 January 01, 2024 All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Review of Instructions on Bulk Deposits for Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) Please refer to Para 3 (a) (i) ofMaster Direction - Reserve Bank of India (Co-operative Banks - Interest Rate on Deposits) Directions, 2016 dated May 12, 2016, in terms of which “Bulk Deposit” means single Rupee term deposits of Rupees fifteen lakh and above. 2. On a r...

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RBI/2023-24/105 DOR.SOG (LEG).REC/64/09.08.024/2023-24 January 1, 2024 Madam / Dear Sir Inoperative Accounts /Unclaimed Deposits in Banks- Revised Instructions As per extant instructions, the credit balance in any deposit account maintained with banks, which have not been operated upon for ten years or more, or any amount remaining unclaimed for ten years or more, as mentioned in paragraph 3(iii) of the “Depositor Education and Awareness” (DEA) Fund Scheme, 2014, are req...

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RBI/2023-24/103 DOR.LRG.REC.62/03.10.001/2023-24 December 29, 2023 Madam / Dear Sir, Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards – Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) – Review of National Development Banks Please refer to circularDBR.BP.BC.No.106/21.04.098/2017-18 dated May 17, 2018on Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards - Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) – Final Guidelines. 2. NABARD, NHB and SIDBI are considered as National Development Banks (NDBs) under the e...

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RBI/CEPD/2023-24/108 CEPD.PRD.No.S1228/13.01.019/2023-24 December 29, 2023 (1) Chairman/Managing Director/CEO of All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) (2) Chairman/Managing Director/CEO of All NBFCs (3) Chairman/Managing Director/CEO of Non-Bank System Participants (4) Chairman/Managing Director/CEO of All Credit Information Companies Dear Sir / Madam, Master Direction - Reserve Bank of India (Internal Ombudsman for Regulated Entities) Directions, 2023 1. The Res...

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RBI/2023-24/102 DoR.MCS.REC.61/01.01.001/2023-24 December 29, 2023 All Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks, excluding Payments Banks) All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks All NBFCs (including HFCs) and All India Financial Institutions (EXIM Bank, NABARD, NHB, SIDBI and NaBFID) Madam / Dear Sir, Fair Lending Practice - Penal Charges in Loan Accounts: Extension of Timeline for Implementation of Instructions Reference is in...

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RBI/2023-24/101 CO.DPSS.POLC.No.S940/02-29-005/2023-24 December 29, 2023 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer Card Issuing and Acquiring Banks and Non-banks / Authorised Card Networks Madam / Dear Sir, Payments Infrastructure Development Fund – Extension of Scheme and Enhancements Please refer to the Reserve Bank of Indiacircular DPSS.CO.AD No.900/02.29.005/2020-21 dated January 05, 2021, on “Operationalisation of Payments Infrastructure Develop...

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RBI/2023-24/100 FIDD.MSME & NFS.BC.No.13/06.02.31/2023-24 December 28, 2023 The Chairman/ Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (except RRBs) (including Small Finance Banks and Local Area Banks) Dear Sir / Madam Classification of MSMEs Please refer to para 2.4 to 2.7 of theMaster Direction - Lending to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) Sector dated July 24, 2017(as updated on July 29, 2022), inserted in terms of thecircular FIDD...

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RBI/2023-24/99 DOR.STR.REC.60/21.04.048/2023-24 December 28, 2023 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks) All All-India Financial Institutions All Non-Banking Financial Companies (including Housing Finance Companies) MHP Exemption for Transfer of Receivables Please refer to clause 39, of theMaster Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Transfer of Loan Exposures) Directions, 2021 (“MD-TLE”), regarding requirement of Minimum Holding Period (MHP...

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RBI/2023-24/98 FMRD.FMSD.07/03.07.35/2023-24 December 28, 2023 To All eligible market participants Madam/Sir Reserve Bank of India (Financial Benchmark Administrators) Directions, 2023 Please refer to paragraph 1 of theStatement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated August 10, 2023regarding review of theFinancial Benchmark Administrators (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2019 dated June 26, 2019(‘the Directions’). 2. Accordingly, the Directions have been revie...

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RBI/2023-24/97 FMRD.DIRD.No.05/14.03.061/2023-2024 December 27, 2023 All participants in Government Securities market Madam/Sir, Reserve Bank of India (Government Securities Lending) Directions, 2023 Please refer to paragraph 1 of theStatement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies, issued as a part of theBi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2022-23 dated February 08, 2023on introduction of Securities Lending and Borrowing in Government Securities. In pursuance of the annou...

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RBI/2023-24/92 DoR.RET.REC.59/12.01.001/2023-24 December 22, 2023 The Chairperson / CEOs of all Commercial Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Reverse Repo transactions - Reporting in Form ‘A’ Return Please refer to thecircular DoR.RET.REC.43/12.01.001/2023-24 dated October 16, 2023on the captioned subject. 2. On a review, it has been decided to revise the instructions contained in Para B of the above circular. Accordingly, the Reverse Repo transactions of a bank with non-bank...

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RBI/2023-24/93 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.11 December 22, 2023 To All Category-I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam/Sir, Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) for Resident Individuals- Reporting of monthly return and daily transactions Attention of all Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Category- I) banks is invited toA.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 07 dated June 17, 2021, in terms of which, AD Category-I banks were required to upload data in respect of number of applications receive...

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RBI/2023-24/94 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.12 December 22, 2023 To All Category-I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, CIMS Project implementation - Discontinuation of submission in legacy XBRL Attention of Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Category- I) banks is invited toA.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 103 dated April 03, 2012and ofA.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 30 dated September 15, 2014in terms of which, AD Category-I banks were required to submit the following statements ...

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RBI/2023-24/95 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.09 December 22, 2023 To All Authorised Dealer Category - I Banks Madam / Sir, Rupee Drawing Arrangement - Submission of statement/return on CIMS Portal Attention of Authorised Dealer Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is invited to theA.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.71 dated May 19, 2016, in terms of which AD Category – I banks were required to submit statement E on total remittances received every quarter. 2. I...

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RBI/2023-24/96 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 10 December 22, 2023 To All Category - I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir Trade Credit for imports into India – Submission of return on issuance of bank guarantees for Trade Credits on the Centralised Information Management System (CIMS) Attention of Authorised Dealer Category – I banks is invited toA.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 75 November 19, 2013read withA.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 20 dated March 13, 2018relat...

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RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT) CENTRAL OFFICE MUMBAI 400 001 No. FEMA 14(R)/2023-RB December 21, 2023 Foreign Exchange Management (Manner of Receipt and Payment) Regulations, 2023 In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999) and in supersession ofNotification No. FEMA 14(R)/2016-RB dated May 02, 2016, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Reserve Bank ma...

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RBI/2023-24/91 CO.DPSS.POLC.No.S-919/02-14-003/2023-24 December 20, 2023 All Payment System Providers and Payment System Participants Madam / Dear Sir, Card-on-File Tokenisation (CoFT) – Enabling Tokenisation through Card Issuing Banks The card tokenisation services are being currently provided by card issuers and card networks in terms ofReserve Bank of India circulars DPSS.CO.PD No.1463/02.14.003/2018-19 dated January 8, 2019on “Tokenisation – Card transaction...

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RBI/2023-24/90 DOR.STR.REC.58/21.04.048/2023-24 December 19, 2023 All Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks/State Co-operative Banks/ Central Co-operative Banks All All-India Financial Institutions All Non-Banking Financial Companies (including Housing Finance Companies) Investments in Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) Regulated entities (REs) make investments in units of AIFs as part...

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RBI/2023-24/89 FIDD.CO.LBS.BC. No.12/02.08.001/2023-24 December 18, 2023 The Chairman / Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer Lead Banks Concerned Madam / Dear Sir, Formation of new district Mauganj in the State of Madhya Pradesh – Assignment of Lead Bank Responsibility The Government of Madhya Pradesh has notified formation of a new district, viz., Mauganj in the state of Madhya Pradesh vide Gazette Notification No. F-Rev-6-0006-2023-VII-Sec-7 dated August 13, ...

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RBI/2023-2024/88 CO.DPSS.POLC.No.S-882/02.14.003/2023-24 December 12, 2023 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks, including Regional Rural Banks / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks / Payments Banks / Small Finance Banks / Local Area Banks / Non-bank Prepaid Payment Instrument issuers / Authorised Card Payment Networks / National Payments Corporation of India Madam / Dear Si...

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RBI/2023-2024/87 IDMD.CDD.No.2128/14.04.050/2023-24 December 11, 2023 Scheduled Commercial Banks (as per the list attached), Designated Post Offices (as per the list attached) Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd. National Stock Exchange of India Ltd, Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. Madam/Dear Sir, Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme 2023-24 Government of India, vide itsNotification No F.No.4(6)-B (W&M)/2023 dated December 08, 2023, has announ...

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RBI/2023-24/85 DOR.STR.REC.57/21.06.001/2023-24 November 16, 2023 Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) Non-Banking Financial Companies (including HFCs) Madam/Dear Sir, Regulatory measures towards consumer credit and bank credit to NBFCs Please refer toGovernor’s Statement dated October 6, 2023flagging the high growth in certain components of consumer credit and advising banks and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs)...

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RBI/2023-24/81 FMRD.FMID.No. 04/14.01.006/2023-24 November 08, 2023 To All participants in Government Securities market Madam/Sir, ‘Fully Accessible Route’ for Investment by Non-residents in Government Securities – Inclusion of Sovereign Green Bonds A reference is invited to thePress Release on ‘Issuance Calendar for Marketable Dated Securities for October 2023 - March 2024’ dated September 26, 2023, issued by the Reserve Bank, notifying, inter al...

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RBI/2023-24/107 DoS.CO.CSITEG/SEC.7/31.01.015/2023-24 November 7, 2023 The Chairman/Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks); Small Finance Banks; Payments Banks; Non-Banking Financial Companies; Credit Information Companies; and All India Financial Institutions (EXIM Bank, NABARD, NaBFID, NHB and SIDBI) Madam/Dear Sir, Master Direction on Information Technology Governance, Risk, Controls and Assurance Practices Pl...

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